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US 2013/0156749 A1Published application
Pretreatment or post exposure treatment for exposure to a toxic substance by pulmonary delivery (inhaler) of a bioscavenger
OwnerYvonne Rosenberginventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a treatment by pulmonary delivery of a bioscavenger to animals as an effective antidote to prevent toxicity produced by exposure of an animal to nerve agents and other toxic substances.
Claims20
A method of treating a human for exposure to a neurotoxin which comprises administering by inhalation to the lungs of said human an effective amount of a bioscavenger molecule that detoxifies said neurotoxin, wherein said neurotoxin is a nerve agent or a pesticide, and wherein said bioscavenger molecule is a paraoxonase, an organophosphate hydrolase, an organophosphorous acid anhydrolase or a parathion hydrolase.
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